Oops, We Forgot The Rimsky Centennial

Tom Service: “But given that the only excuse for classical music’s fetishisation of big round numbers is to reveal music that wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to be heard, the almost complete lack of fanfare for Rimsky-Korsakov has been lamentable. And I’d take Rimsky’s Russian Easter Festival Overture over yet another Lark Ascending any day of the week.”